EDUCATION

• 01.10.2011 – 01.06.2016: Degree of Doctor, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University (the Netherlands),
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Bras (Wageningen), Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. J. Kok (Nijmegen)

• 01.10.2006 – 31.03.2009: M.A. (Sociology and Empirical Social Research), Institute of Sociology, University of Bremen (Germany),
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. J. Huinink, Dr. K. Lutz (Maul)

• 01.10.2003 – 30.09.2006: B.A. (Social Sciences), Department of Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück (Germany),
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. R. Niketta

Post graduate training

• 25.06.2017 - 30.06.2017: NCRM Summer School, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (England)

• 15.07.2014: Advanced Training Diploma, N.W. Posthumus Institute, Leiden (the Netherlands)

• 19.04.2013: Basic Training Diploma, N.W. Posthumus Institute, Leiden (the Netherlands)

• 25.07.2011 – 05.08.2011: Essex Summer School, University of Essex (England)
  • Mathematics for Social Scientists
  • Social Network Analysis - Theory and Applications

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Since 01.09.2016: Research Fellow, Project: 'TwinLife', Bielefeld University, Faculty of Sociology (Germany),
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Diewald

• 01.10.2011 – 29.02.2016: Research Assistant, Project: ‘The Power of the Family',
  • (01.01.2014 – 29.02.2016) Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University (the Netherlands)
  • (01.10.2011 – 31.12.2013) Department of History, Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands)
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Bras

• 01.04.2010 – 30.09.2011: Research Assistant, Project: ‘Historical developments of social reproduction in Germany’, Institute of Sociology, University of Tübingen (Germany)
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Hillmert

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 01.10.2015 - 31.08.2016: Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences,University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)

• 01.10.2009 – 31.03.2010: Assistant Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück (Germany)

• 01.10.2008 – 30.09.2009: Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück (Germany)

PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS

• July 2018: XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto (Canada)
  • "Do Parents Treat Children Differently? How Social Stratification and Genes Influence Parental Reactions to Twin’s Birth Weight", with V. Lang and M. Diewald
• October 2017: SLLS Conference 2017, Stirling (UK),
  • "The stratification of intergenerational skill transmission: A comparison between the cognitive and the non-cognitive domain", with V. Lang and M. Diewald
  • "Opportunities and constraints of substitution between dif-ferent kinds of resources: The case of expected and unexpected educational careers", with M. Diewald, J. Heckhausen, and W. Schulz
• March/April 2017: ISA RC28 Spring Meeting, Cologne (Germany), "The stratification of intergenerational skill transmission: A comparison between the cognitive and the non-cognitive domain", with V. Lang and M. Diewald
• October 2015: The Power of the Family, Ede (the Netherlands), "Family systems and the timing and spacing of children"
• Mai 2015: ISA RC28 Spring Meeting, Tilburg (the Netherlands), "The intergenerational transmission of social inequalities in Sweden – a long term perspective, 1820-1910", with H. Moerbeek, J. Mandemakers and P. Rotering
• Februar 2015: Spring Meeting Section on the Sociology of the Family of the German Sociological Association (GSA), Bielefeld (Germany), "Regional variation in intergenerational continuities in childbearing"
• December 2014: Seventh Day of Historical Demography: Family and life chances in Wageningen (the Netherlands), "Between economic opportunities and family pressures. Migration decisions of farmers’ children, The Netherlands 1850-1940", with Jan Kok and Kees Mandemakers
• June 2014: Posthumus Conference 2014 (NWPC), Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden (the Netherlands), "Regional variation in the intergenerational transmission of fertility"
• November 2013: 38th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA), Chicago, IL (USA), "About apples and trees: studying parent-offspring fertility similarities in different family regimes"
• October 2013: FRESH Meeting, University of Essex (England), "Flight from the land? Migration flows of the rural population of The Netherlands, 1850-1940", with Jan Kok and Kees Mandemakers
• November 2012: 37th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA), Vancouver (Canada), "Family networks and fertility in Europe: an analysis of cohorts born between 1920 and 1960", with Hilde Bras
• September 2012: International Pairfam Conference: ‘Fertility over the Life Course’, Bremen (Germany), Poster: "Family networks and fertility in Europe: an analysis of cohorts born between 1920 and 1960", with Hilde Bras
• August 2011: ISA RC28 Summer Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa (USA), "The Social Composition of Educational Groups: Long-Term Trends and the Role of Demographic Factors", with Maarten Buis and Steffen Hillmert
• October 2010: ECSR Conference, Bamberg (Germany), "Consequences of educational expansion in Germany on educational attainment in the next generation", with Maarten Buis and Steffen Hillmert

PUBLICATIONS
Articles

• Mönkediek, B. and Bras, H. (2017). Family systems and fertility intentions: exploring the pathways of influence. European Journal of Population. doi:10.1007/s10680-017-9418-4.
• Mönkediek, B. and Bras, H. (2016). The Interplay of Family Systems, Social Net-works and Fertility in Europe Cohorts Born Between 1920 and 1960. Economic History of Developing Regions, 31(1), 136-166.
• Mönkediek, B., Rotering, P. and Bras, H. (2015). Regional differences in the inter-generational transmission of family size in Europe. Population, Space and Place. Online First, DOI: 10.1002/psp.2003.
• Mönkediek, B., Kok, J. & Mandemakers, K. (2015). The Impact of Family Setting and Local Opportunities on Leaving Home and Migration Destinations of Rural Youths, The Netherlands 1860-1940. Historical Life Course Studies, Online First.
• Kok, J., Mandemakers, K. and Mönkediek, B. (2014). Flight from the land? Migration flows of the rural population of The Netherlands, 1850-1940. Espace Populations Sociétés, 2014/1.
• Mönkediek, B. and Bras, H. (2014). Strong and weak family ties revisited: recon-sidering European family structures from a network perspective. The History of the Family, 19(2), 235-259.
• Buis, M. L., Mönkediek, B. and Hillmert, S. (2012). Educational expansion and the role of demographic factors: The case of West Germany. Population Review, 51(2).

Chapters in books

• Mandemakers, K., Mönkediek, B. and Kok, J. (2016). De rol van gezin en bedrijf bij de migratie van Nederlandse boerenkinderen tussen 1850 en 1940. In: Puschmann, P., Paping, R. and Matthijs, K. (eds.). Familie en levenskansen in het verleden. Leven: ACCO: 25-56.
• Mangnus, E., Mönkediek, B., Dekker, M. (2015). Trading cereals in rural Mali: The role of social relations in N'golobougou. In: Mangnus, E. (ed.). Organising Trade. PhD Thesis. Wageningen: Wageningen University: 89-114.

Monographs

• Mönkediek, B. (2016). Family Systems and Fertility: Fertility Behaviour in Europe from a Network Perspective. PhD thesis. Wageningen: Wageningen University.
• Mönkediek, B. (2011). Unsicherheit Familiengründung: Eine empirische Analyse zur Bedeutung von finanziellen Ressourcen für den Kinderwunsch und die Timinginten-tion der ersten Elternschaft. 2. edition. Osnabrück: Verlag Dirk Koentopp.
• Mönkediek, B. (2009). Wenn die Entscheidung fürs Kind zum Problem wird: Eine-empirische Analyse zur Abhängigkeit der Timingintention der ersten Elternschaft von Elementen biographischer Sicherheit. Master thesis. Osnabrück: Verlag Dirk Koentopp.

Other papers

• Hillmert, S., Buis, M. and Mönkediek, B. (2012). Description of the REPRO File. Tübingen: University of Tübingen.
• Mönkediek, B. (2010). Projektbericht Netzwerk und Elternschaft. Osnabrück: Universität Osnabrück. urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-201004296238
• Mönkediek, B./Schwerthelm, L. (2006). SoWis unter sich. Gruppenstrukturen bei Studierenden des Fachbereichs Sozialwissenschaften. Osnabrück: Universität Osn-abrück. urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-201001304550